Ambrosden before 1882 when the thatched farmhouse (left) was replaced by a row of cottages for labourers.
John Eldridge was baptised on 7 Feb 1773 at Fringford, Oxfordshire, England. He married Sarah Alley on 21 Jun 1801 at St Clements, Oxford, Oxfordshire and they had twelve children baptised at Ambrosden, Oxfordshire between 1802 and 1821. John was a carpenter. Sarah was buried on 12 Jul 1832 at Ambrosden. John died on 17 Nov 1855 at Ambrosden and was buried on 21 Nov 1855.
Their son William, probably also with his elder brother Thomas, migrated to America in about 1825. William married at Easton, Pennsylvania. Most of their other children lived in Oxfordshire.
A great grandaughter Fanny Eldridge married Joseph Harry Morris at Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire in 1892 and they had 6 children. The whole family migrated to Australia and settled in the Kyogle area of New South Wales. Fanny and her 5 youngest children travelled on the Rangatira from London to Sydney in 1912.
The invaluable assistance of Charles Henry Eldridge is acknowledged in providing the basis for the detail in this family and the photograph.
Ambrosden before 1882 when the thatched farmhouse (left) was replaced by a row of cottages for labourers.
Updated 17 March 2026
John Eldridge (1773-1855)
m 1801 Sarah Alley (1777-1832)
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Thomas Eldridge (1802-1802)
John Eldridge (1803-1861)
m 1827 Sarah Cooley (1805-1835)
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| Ann Eldridge (1827-1845)
| Elizabeth Eldridge (1830-1834)
| William Eldridge (1833-1895)
| m 1858 Ann Dean (1830-1885)
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| Eliza Louisa Eldridge (1858-1858)
| Sarah Ann Eldridge (1862-1863)
| Annie Eldridge (1864-1934)
| m 1886 William Parker (1862-1923)
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| | William James Parker (1889- )
| | James Arthur Parker (1891-1935)
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| Sarah Elizabeth Eldridge (1867-1943)
| m 1888 James Arthur Palmer (1864-1953)
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| Elsie May Palmer (1889- )
| Elizabeth Martha H Palmer (1891- )
| James Arthur Palmer (1893- )
| Albert Edward Palmer (1895- )
| Bessie Palmer (1896- )
| Henry Joseph Palmer (1898- )
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m 1835 Ann Massey (1805-1866)
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| John Eldridge (1835-1893)
| m 1856 Fanny Mann (1831-1901)
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| | Sarah Ann Fanny Eldridge (1856-1935)
| | (Unknown) ( - )
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| | | Harry Page Eldridge (1879- )
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| | m 1880 Joseph Gosbell (1849-1914)
| | | |
| | | May Gosbell (1881- )
| | | Lizzie Gosbell (1883- )
| | | Annie Gosbell (1885- )
| | | William George Gosbell (1887- )
| | | Emily Ellen Gosbell (1888-1894)
| | | Alice Gertrude Frances Gosbell (1891- )
| | | John Richard Gosbell (1893- )
| | | Charles Eldridge Gosbell (1895- )
| | | Wilfred Thomas Gosbell (1897- )
| | | Doris Ellen Gosbell (1900- )
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| | m 1918 Frank Brickwell (1862-1931)
| | Henry John Eldridge (1858- )
| | m 1883 Anne Hathaway (1857- )
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| | | William Henry Eldridge (1883- )
| | | Elizabeth Annie Eldridge (1886- )
| | | Charles Eldridge (1889- )
| | | Frank Eldridge (1890- )
| | | John Eldridge (1891-1891)
| | | Ada Eldridge (1894- )
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| | Elizabeth Eldridge (1860-1860)
| | Ellen Dunn Eldridge (1861-1925)
| | (Unknown)
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| | | Rose Lilly Eldridge (1882-1969)
| | | m 1908 Edwin Charles Spare (1881-1950)
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| | | Harold Charles Henry Spare (1909- )
| | | Audrey Jessie Spare (1916-1997)
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| | m 1887 John Ballard (1859- )
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| | | John Ballard (1887-1887)
| | | Sarah Elsie Ballard (1888- )
| | | William Thomas Ballard (1889- )
| | | Nellie Mary Ballard (1893-1894)
| | | Ernest Wilfred Ballard (1898- )
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| | Thomas Mann Eldridge (1864-1937)
| | m 1883 Frances Hope Ashfield (1856-1911)
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| | | Fannie Eldridge (1887-1963)
| | | m 1907 Francis Scarrott (1885-1936)
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| | | | Maud Emily Scarrott (1908- )
| | | | Jenny Scarrott (1910-2001)
| | | | Constance E Scarrott (1914- )
| | | | Majorie May Scarrott (1919-1999)
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| | | Tom Mann Eldridge (1888-1953)
| | | m 1910 Blanche Helen Cowell (1888- )
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| | | | Harold T Eldridge (1910- )
| | | | Ronald George Eldridge (1922-1972)
| | | | Wilfred James Eldridge (1925-1986)
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| | | Ethel Eldridge (1890-1891)
| | | Ethel Eldridge (1892- )
| | | Gwendoline Mabel Eldridge (1895- )
| | | Florence Victoria Eldridge (1897-1916)
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| | m 1911 Martha L (Unknown) ( - )
| | Sarah Ann Eldridge (1866-1870)
| | John Eldridge (1868-1870)
| | Sarah Ann Eldridge (1870- )
| | John Mann Eldridge (1872- )
| | m 1897 Elizabeth Ann Spiby (1873- )
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| | | Amy Louisa Eldridge (1902- )
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| | Arthur Eldridge (1874-1874)
| | Fanny Eldridge (1875-1953)
| | m 1892 Joseph Harry Morris (1869-1940)
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| | | William John Eldridge Morris (1893-1983)
| | | Edith Jane Morris (1895- )
| | | Eleanor May Morris (1897-1975)
| | | Charles Duffin Morris (1906-1982)
| | | Herbert Harry Morris (1906-1963)
| | | Dorothy Morris (1909-1995)
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| | Charles Eldridge (1878-1880)
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| Thomas Eldridge (1838-1873)
| m 1867 Hannah Lord (1830-1879)
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| | Harry Thomas Eldridge (1871-1950)
| | m 1896 Maud Coates (1874- )
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| | Florence May Eldridge (1896- )
| | Winifred Maud Eldridge (1899- )
| | Harry Edward Eldridge (1902-1905)
| | Doris Mabel Eldridge (1904-1910)
| | Constance Hilda Eldridge (1906-1908)
| | Sydney Charles Eldridge (1908- )
| | Cyril Arthur Eldridge (1911- )
| | Ivy Nornne Eldridge (1913- )
| | Percy Eldridge (1916- )
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| Rebecca Eldridge (1843-1848)
| Sarah Eldridge (1847-1871)
| m 1870 Frederick Baldwin (1847-1922)
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| Frederick William Baldwin (1871-1921)
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Thomas Eldridge (1805- )
William Eldridge (1805-1884)
m 1836 Miriam Schooley (1812-1892)
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| Ann Sophia Eldridge (1838-1887)
| Mary Jane Eldridge (1839-1901)
| m 1864 Caleb Green Cyphers (1837-1901)
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| | Edgar Franklin Cyphers (1865-1930)
| | Harry Austin Cyphers (1867-1917)
| | Lizzie May Cyphers (1868-1912)
| | Robert Murcer Cyphers (1872-1952)
| | Frederic Louis Cyphers (1875-1941)
| | Miriam Eldridge Cyphers (1877-1941)
| | Jesse Herbert Cyphers (1879-1937)
| | Ellis Raymond Cyphers (1882-1957)
| | Samuel Leonard Cyphers (1883-1931)
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| Eleanor Carter Eldridge (1841-1911)
| John Schooley Eldridge (1843-1918)
| m 1870 Ellen R (Unknown) (1845-1915)
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| | Madge Eldridge (1874-1946)
| | m 1905 Royal Edgar Hooyer (1879-1963)
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| James Eldridge (1845-1885)
| m 1868 Jessie Duff (1846-1923)
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| | Anna Miriam Eldridge (1870-1943)
| | m 1898 Byron Hubbard Jackson (1873-1939)
| | Charles Walter Eldridge (1871-1936)
| | m 1910 Etta Praetorius (1879-1956)
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| | | Edwin Wallace Eldridge (1901-1968)
| | | Ruth Eldridge (1908-1973)
| | | Alice Eldridge (1909-1998)
| | | Charles Walter Eldridge (1911-1944)
| | | George Daniel Eldridge (1913-1963)
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| | Robert Roy Eldridge (1872-1934)
| | m 1899 Anna Mary Heisler (1879-1955)
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| | | Marion Elizabeth Eldridge (1900- )
| | | Emily Louise Eldridge (1904- )
| | | Robert Roy Eldridge (1908- )
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| | Lettia J Eldridge (1880-1913)
| | Leighton James Eldridge (1880-1959)
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| George Eldridge (1847-1918)
| Andrew Schooley Eldridge (1849-1850)
| William M Eldridge (1850-1894)
| m 1894 Ida Patterson (1862-1945)
| Edward Thomas Eldridge (1857-1864)
| Lizzie May Eldridge (1859-1863)
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Elizabeth Eldridge (1808-1865)
m 1838 Thomas Justice (1820-1868)
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| William Justice (1844-1884)
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Fanny Eldridge (1808-1808)
Matilda Eldridge (1811-1841)
(Unknown)
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| George Eldridge (1833-1909)
| m 1857 Harriett Taylor (1835-1919)
| Matilda Ann Eldridge (1857-1940)
| m 1880 Joseph Markham (1858- )
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| | Mabel Alice Markham (1881- )
| | Florence Matilda S Markham (1884- )
| | Joseph George E Markham (1885- )
| | Ethel Harriett Markham (1886- )
| | Clara Maud Markham (1887- )
| | Ada Jessie Markham (1889- )
| | Nellie Eliza Markham (1891- )
| | Arthur Charles Markham (1892- )
| | Herbert John Markham (1893- )
| | Ida Eldridge Markham (1894- )
| | Albert Eldridge Markham (1896- )
| | Percy Reginald Markham (1898-1911)
| | Bertha Winifred Markham (1899- )
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| Naomi Alice Taylor Eldridge (1858-1871)
| Sarah Eldridge (1860-1948)
| m 1887 Albert Wise (1866-1932)
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| | Albert George Wise (1888- )
| | Mabel Matilda Wise (1889-1971)
| | Alice Nellie Wise (1891-1991)
| | Sarah Jessie Wise (1893- )
| | Reuben Taylor Wise (1895-1896)
| | Arthur Eldridge Wise (1902-1987)
| | Bertie Wise (1905- )
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| George Eldridge (1862-1871)
| Arthur William Eldridge (1864-1867)
| Arthur William Eldridge (1869- )
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m 1840 Thomas Turner (1809- )
Sophia Eldridge (1813-1876)
m 1844 Edward Tanner Trafford (1799-1875)
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| Mary Trafford Eldridge (1841-1900)
| William Tanner Trafford (1844-1868)
| Ann Matilda Trafford (1846-1930)
| Sybilla Sarah Trafford (1848-1932)
| Edward John Trafford (1850-1869)
| Helen Sophia Trafford (1851-1857)
| Kate Trafford (1853-1899)
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James Eldridge (1814-1890)
m 1845 Ann Penn (1825-1896)
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| Louisa Eldridge (1847-1927)
| Thomas Eldridge (1850-1923)
| Mercy Ann Eldridge (1852-1933)
| m 1873 Thomas Henry Juffs (1847-1893)
| | |
| | William Joshua Juffs (1875-1878)
| | Charles Henry Juffs (1876-1878)
| | Flora Louisa Juffs (1878-1878)
| | James Juffs (1880-1956)
| | Alice Maud Juffs (1882-1884)
| | Richard Juffs (1884-1885)
| | Mary Ann Jufs (1887-1889)
| | Mercy Ann Juffs (1890-1891)
| | Lizzie Juffs (1892-1955)
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| Charles Alfred Eldridge (1854- )
| Albert James Eldridge (1857- )
| m 1884 Annie Williamson (1859- )
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| | Lydia Maud Eldridge (1885-1959)
| | m 1905 Theodore James Wright (1886-1907)
| | | |
| | | Mark John Wright (1908- )
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| | m 1909 Henry Arthur Stacey (1883-1915)
| | | |
| | | Alice Maud Stacey (1910- )
| | | May Violet Stacey (1915-1973)
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| | m 1920 Allen William Mitchell (1880- )
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| | | Kate Mitchell (1920- )
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| | Gertrude Annie Eldridge (1886-1932)
| | m 1906 Llewellyn Horace Orchard (1883-1959)
| | | |
| | | Ruby Blanche Gertrude Orchard (1907- )
| | | Rosina Dorothy Orchard (1909-1911)
| | | Gladys M Orchard (1912- )
| | | Horace L Orchard (1914-1915)
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| | Florence Caroline Eldridge (1889-1977)
| | m 1910 Mark Mills (1879- )
| | | |
| | | Florence Marjorie Mills (1910- )
| | | Mark Mills (1911- )
| | | Cecil A Mills (1913- )
| | |
| | Albert James Eldridge (1891-1960)
| | m 1931 Jane Frances Hunton (1897-1983)
| | | |
| | | Jean Maud Eldridge (1931- )
| | | Marie L Eldridge (1963- )
| | |
| | Elsie May Eldridge (1893-1899)
| | Emma Victoria Eldridge (1894-1965)
| | m 1915 Wallace Alexander Rayment (1893- )
| | | |
| | | Wallace A Rayment (1919- )
| | | Alexander D Rayment (1921- )
| | | Dorothy A Rayment (1924- )
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| | Stanley George Eldridge (1897-1959)
| | m 1932 Beatrice Frances Taylor (1906-1990)
| | May Eldridge (1899- )
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| Ellen Julia Eldridge (1859-1864)
| Lydia Eldridge (1861-1871)
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Fanny Eldridge (1817-1901)
(partner) William Charles Long (1824-1864)
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| William Charles Eldridge (1845-1894)
| m 1867 Elizabeth Penn (1846-1920)
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| Charles William Eldridge (1868-1929)
| m 1890 Alice Maud Mary Teece (1868-1943)
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| | Eveline Louisa Dobson Eldridge (1891-1959)
| | m 1923 William A Clark ( - )
| | Alice Eldridge (1893-1893)
| | William Charles Eldridge (1896- )
| | m 1920 Annie Fullick (1899- )
| | | |
| | | William Eldridge (1920-1920)
| | | William George Eldridge (1921- )
| | | m 1944 Joan I Grove (1925- )
| | | | |
| | | | William John Eldridge (1946- )
| | | | m 1966 Ivy Christina Dotson (1947- )
| | | | | |
| | | | | Stewart Robert Eldridge (1973- )
| | | | | Catherine Elizabeth Eldridge (1976- )
| | | | |
| | | | Susan E Eldridge (1952- )
| | | |
| | | Ronald A Eldridge (1923- )
| | | Leonard Eldridge (1928- )
| | |
| | Lilian Maud Eldridge (1897-1981)
| | m 1921 Jeffries Henry John Gooch (1893-1934)
| | | |
| | | Constance M Gooch (1922- )
| | | Jeffries H J Gooch (1923-1933)
| | | Anthony Frederick Gooch (1931-1995)
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| | Frederick George Eldridge (1899- )
| | m 1921 Rose Watts (1902- )
| | Winifred Clara Eldridge (1904- )
| | Albert Edward Eldridge (1909- )
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| Mary Ann Elizabeth Eldridge (1870-1871)
| Eliza Ann Eldridge (1871-1871)
| Emily Elizabeth Eldridge (1872-1876)
| William James Eldridge (1873-1917)
| m 1895 Victorine Fosse (1874-1959)
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| | James William Charles Eldridge (1897- )
| | m 1921 Lilian Hobbs ( - )
| | | |
| | | James Charles George Eldridge (1921-1958)
| | | Harold Philip Eldridge (1923- )
| | | m 1951 Betty D Christmas (1930- )
| | | | |
| | | | David P Eldridge (1952- )
| | | | Julie J Eldridge (1955- )
| | | |
| | | Eric Edward Eldridge (1926-1926)
| | | Joan Lillian Eldridge (1927- )
| | | m 1951 Charles S Bowie ( - )
| | | Leslie Gerald Eldridge (1929- )
| | | m 1956 Euphemia Robertson ( - )
| | | | |
| | | | Ian L Eldridge (1957- )
| | | | m 1979 Julie Collings ( - )
| | | | | |
| | | | | Louise Debra Eldridge (1980- )
| | | | | Daniel Mark Eldridge (1982- )
| | | | |
| | | | Kay F Eldridge (1964- )
| | | |
| | | Derek John Eldridge (1931-2009)
| | | m 1954 Mavis Schutt (1935- )
| | | | |
| | | | John D Eldridge (1954- )
| | | | Denise V Eldridge (1955- )
| | | | Anita M Eldridge (1959- )
| | | | Graham S Eldridge (1962- )
| | | |
| | | Sheila Rose Eldridge (1933- )
| | | Holly E Eldridge (1940-1965)
| | | Myrtle J Eldridge (1940- )
| | |
| | Dorothy May Eldridge (1904- )
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| Albert Eldridge (1875-1875)
| Lydia Eldridge (1877-1877)
| George Edward Eldridge (1879-1964)
| m 1903 Annie Stone (1880-1973)
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| | Douglas George Eldridge (1913-1998)
| | m 1939 Peggy Constance Lee (1914-2006)
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| | Paul Anthony Eldridge (1943- )
| | m 1969 Lesley Smith (1945- )
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| | | Dominic Paul Eldridge (1972- )
| | | m 2000 Sarah Louise Shakespeare (1973- )
| | | Helen Eldridge (1975- )
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| | Dilys Ann Eldridge (1947- )
| | m 1971 Sean Michael Brosnan (1943- )
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| | Gemma Sian Brosnan (1973- )
| | Judy Caroline Brosnan (1975- )
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| Fanny Maud Eldridge (1881-1882)
| Margaret Eldridge (1883-1883)
| Alfred John Eldridge (1884-1884)
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(partner) William Cattell (1823-1882)
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| Charles William Eldridge (1850-1892)
| m 1872 Rachel Bullock (1845-1932)
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| George James Eldridge (1872-1967)
| m 1897 Christine Helen Shunn (1874-1961)
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| | Christine Gladys May Eldridge (1898-1950)
| | m 1925 Clifford Harold Moody ( - )
| | | |
| | | Anthony H Moody (1926- )
| | | Geoffrey C Moody (1931- )
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| | Stanley George Eldridge (1902-1951)
| | m 1930 Joan Ursula Goodland (1908-1990)
| | | |
| | | Ursula Eldridge (1931- )
| | | Frank George Eldridge (1933-2000)
| | | 1954 Shirley W Rees (1936- )
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| | | | Blair J G Eldridge (1953- )
| | | | m 1987 Kathleen A Swain (1948- )
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| | | Helen M Eldridge (1936- )
| | | m 1955 Philip H J Wills ( - )
| | | Mark Clive Eldridge (1937- )
| | | Lorna Louise Eldridge (1946- )
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| | Muriel Kathleen Eldridge (1910-1990)
| | m 1934 George Bean (1909-1993)
| | | |
| | | George Richard Bean (1935- )
| | | Peter George Bean (1939- )
| | | Joseph George Bean (1950- )
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| | Doris Anthea Eldridge (1914- )
| | Phyllis Maud Eldridge (1916-1995)
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| Charles William Eldridge (1874-1936)
| m 1901 Henrietta Georgina Wilkes (1877-1948)
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| | Mabel Louisa Eldridge (1902-1940)
| | m 1925 Alfred Prior (1887-1961)
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| | | Audrey J Prior (1928- )
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| | Frederick George Eldridge (1907-2000)
| | m 1933 Irene Mary Buston (1909-1998)
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| | David John Eldridge (1935- )
| | m 1960 Diana Mary Copp (1938-1981)
| | | |
| | | Charles Henry Eldridge (1962- )
| | | m 1991 Sonia Blandford (1958- )
| | | Catherine Mary Anne Eldridge (1964- )
| | | m 1990 Colin Blumenthal (1964- )
| | | Victoria Jane Eldridge (1966- )
| | | m 1987 Roger Kenneth Crawford Scott (1960- )
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| | m 1986 Anna Kowalska (1953- )
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| | Caroline Anne Mary Eldridge (1939-1994)
| | m 1962 Jeremy Neil Rumford (1937- )
| | | |
| | | Stephen Paul Rumford (1965- )
| | | Celia Judith Rumford (1966- )
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| | Richard A Eldridge (1942- )
| | m 1972 Annalisa Mather ( - )
| | | |
| | | James Robert Eldridge (1974- )
| | | John Sebastain Eldridge (1976- )
| | | Thomas Christian Eldridge (1978- )
| | |
| | m 1987 Vanessa Brown ( - )
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| Fanny Eliza Eldridge (1874-1962)
| m 1902 Harold Read ( - )
| | |
| | Eldrey Fanny Read (1903- )
| | Frederica Helen Read (1907- )
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| Helen Louisa Eldridge (1876-1881)
| Albert Henry Eldridge (1878-1879)
| James Eldridge (1880-1880)
| Jane Eldridge (1880-1880)
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m 1861 James Burgess (1820-1883)
Mary Eldridge (1819-1888)
Sarah Eldridge (1821-1905)
m 1857 George Stephens (1804-1871)
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Sarah Ann Stephens (1858-1947)